Trait-based climate change predictions of plant community structure in arid steppes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 484-492

  Frenette Dussault, Cédric ^a   Shipley, Bill ^a   Meziane, Driss ^b   Hingrat, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c RENECO Wildlife Consultants LLC   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Eastern Morocco; Functional traits; Grazing; Maximum entropy; Species pool; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FOOD SECURITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MOROCCO;

EID: 84874214091     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12040     Document Type: Article

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